brunch

[ bruhnch ]

noun

1. a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.

verb (used without object)

1. to eat brunch:

   They brunch at 11:00 on Sunday.

brunch

/ brʌntʃ /

noun

1. a meal eaten late in the morning, combining breakfast with lunch

Other Words From

• bruncher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brunch¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; br(eakfast) + (l)unch

Word History and Origins

Origin of brunch¹

C20: from br ( eakfast ) + ( l ) unch

Example Sentences

As flaky as your friend who cancels brunch plans on you only after you’ve already sat down and ordered a mimosa.

From Washington Post

Multi-course lunch and brunch menus will also be available for $22 per person.

From Washington Blade

We have the ability to apply our deposit to any future event, whether that’s a 12-person brunch or an 80-person dinner.

From Fortune

We’ll have to wait a while to join the ladies at brunch and find out.

From Washington Post

In scandalizing the brunch crew, she pushed the national conversation around women and sex forward a generation.

From Time

My father had visited the States years before we moved here and was totally taken by this American concept of brunch.

From The Daily Beast

In Paris, you can go to the Brooklyn Café, or have brunch à la Brooklyn.

From The Daily Beast

Brunch is a catalyst, brunch is the enforcer of different-rules-for-the-weekend.

From The Daily Beast

Oh dear, the New York Times has pronounced brunch as done, over, declaring, “Brunch is for jerks.”

From The Daily Beast

A New York Times article says brunch is over-rated and for “jerks.”

From The Daily Beast

At brunch he kept his eyes open, and before too long Panek came into the dining room for his lunch.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick and Scotty slept late the following morning and were awakened for brunch by Dr. Miller.

From Project Gutenberg

He took the neck of her brunch coat in his fist and jerked downward.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• breakfast
• dessert
• dinner
• fare
• feast
• lunch
• luncheon
• picnic
• refreshment
• snack
• supper
• table
• tea